2020 Delhi riots: Court defers verdict in IB officer murder case for June 11
A file image of Tahir Hussain. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A Delhi court on Thursday (June 4, 2026) deferred its verdict in the sensational murder case of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots for June 11. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh was hearing the case against 11 accused, including former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, and deferred the pronouncement of his judgment. The case pertains to an FIR registered at Dayalpur police station on the complaint of Ravinder Kumar, father of Ankit Sharma. According to the complaint, Sharma, who was posted with the Intelligence Bureau, had returned home from office on February 25, 2020, before stepping out again. When he did not return for a long time, his family began searching for him, only to be informed by locals that their son had been killed and his body thrown into the Khajuri Khas drain near a mosque in the Chand Bagh Pulia area. Sharma’s body was subsequently recovered from the drain. In his complaint, Mr, Kumar alleged that his son …
